Coronavirus patients are more likely to suffer from a stroke compared to flu patients, a new study suggests. None of the flu patients who suffered a stroke died, but nine of the coronavirus patients did. Of more than 1,900 patients either in the ER or hospitalized with coronavirus, 1.6% suffered an ischemic stroke compared to 0.2% of flu patients. Fatality rates were higher among patients with COVID-19 with ischemic stroke with 32 percent dying compared to vs 14 percent of COVID-19 patients without ischemic stroke who died. On average, flu patients were younger, female and had fewer underlying conditions such as hypertension, diabetes and kidney disease.

Source: Daily Mail July 02, 2020 15:07 UTC